...get the installed BDE Version?

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Category: Database

uses
  
BDE;

{Without the Registry:}

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
  
ThisVersion: SYSVersion;
begin
  
DbiGetSysVersion(ThisVersion);
  ShowMessage('BORLAND DATABASE ENGINE VERSION = ' + IntToStr(ThisVersion.iVersion));
end;

{With the Registry:}

function GetBDEVersion: string;
var
  
h: hwnd;
  ptr: Pointer;
  proc: TSYSVerProc;
  ver: SYSVersion;
  idapi: string;
  reg: TRegistry;
begin
  try
    
reg.RootKey := HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT;
    reg.OpenKey('CLSID\{FB99D710-18B9-11D0-A4CF-00A024C91936}\InProcServer32', False);
    idapi := reg.ReadString('');
    reg.CloseKey;
  finally
    
reg.Free;
  end;
  Result := '<BDE Bulunamadi>';
  h      := LoadLibrary(PChar(idapi));
  if h <> 0 then 
    try
      
ptr := GetProcAddress(h, 'DbiGetSysVersion');
      if ptr <> nil then 
      begin
        
proc := ptr;
        Proc(Ver);
        Result := IntToStr(ver.iVersion);
        Insert('.', Result, 2);
      end;
    finally
      
FreeLibrary(h);
    end;
end;

 

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